I’m teaching myself to cut back on things, and I’ve cut back pretty dramatically (more to come!).
I’ve been doing things like baking my own bread instead of buying it. Its one of my few successes on this front. During the lockdown when there was no bread on the shelves, or yeast either, I was fortunate enough to have a large enough supply of yeast and flour to get us through and to share with friends. Just doing the math, there are 37 loaves of bread out of a 25 pound sack which is $6 at Walmart, 106 loaves worth of yeast per pound, which is between $5-$9.
Of course family members raided my yeast to make wine with it too :)
Its a messy process, trying to figure out how to do things.